Approaching Novel Perovskites Photovoltaic Devices through Machine Learning and Interfacial Engineering

Organic metal halide perovskites have shown plenty of extraordinary optoelectronic properties which make them good candidates for various photovoltaic applications [1-5]. The fascinating optoelectronic properties of perovskite largely take credit to their low exciton binding energy, strong light abs...

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Main Author: Zhang, Ruiqi
Other Authors: Bulović, Vladimir
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/152805
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description Organic metal halide perovskites have shown plenty of extraordinary optoelectronic properties which make them good candidates for various photovoltaic applications [1-5]. The fascinating optoelectronic properties of perovskite largely take credit to their low exciton binding energy, strong light absorption coefficient, relatively long carrier diffusion length, and carrier recombination lifetime [6-9]. However, even with an increasing number of studies carried out, perovskite solar cell is still facing plenty of challenges towards commercialization. Two main challenges towards large-area commercialization include first the harsh fabrication environment and cost of large-area coating; and second the redundant fabrication process with a huge labor force impelled. In this thesis study, an intermedia thin film layer tris(4-carbazoyl-9ylphenyl)amine (TcTa) with a thickness of 3 nm is discovered in a large-area compatible perovskite solar cell structure ITO/SnO2/(MAFACs)1Pb(IBrCl)3/PV2000/TcTa/Au that reaches a power conversion efficiency above 14%. The TcTa intermediate film is compatible with substituting gold top electrodes and preventing sputter damage while maintaining a similar solar cell performance (etc. sputtered Ni). In addition, a machine learning algorithm is developed to predict the solar cell current-voltage properties only based on the film stack optical properties before the solar cell is fabricated. The algorithm is developed and tested based on the 3D/2D perovskite solar cell structure [10] with resulting in an average prediction regression loss below 5% and a best prediction accuracy above 99%. Multiple different machine learning algorithm is also carried out to analyze the prediction results and learning weights for the model.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1528052023-11-03T03:52:43Z Approaching Novel Perovskites Photovoltaic Devices through Machine Learning and Interfacial Engineering Zhang, Ruiqi Bulović, Vladimir Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Organic metal halide perovskites have shown plenty of extraordinary optoelectronic properties which make them good candidates for various photovoltaic applications [1-5]. The fascinating optoelectronic properties of perovskite largely take credit to their low exciton binding energy, strong light absorption coefficient, relatively long carrier diffusion length, and carrier recombination lifetime [6-9]. However, even with an increasing number of studies carried out, perovskite solar cell is still facing plenty of challenges towards commercialization. Two main challenges towards large-area commercialization include first the harsh fabrication environment and cost of large-area coating; and second the redundant fabrication process with a huge labor force impelled. In this thesis study, an intermedia thin film layer tris(4-carbazoyl-9ylphenyl)amine (TcTa) with a thickness of 3 nm is discovered in a large-area compatible perovskite solar cell structure ITO/SnO2/(MAFACs)1Pb(IBrCl)3/PV2000/TcTa/Au that reaches a power conversion efficiency above 14%. The TcTa intermediate film is compatible with substituting gold top electrodes and preventing sputter damage while maintaining a similar solar cell performance (etc. sputtered Ni). In addition, a machine learning algorithm is developed to predict the solar cell current-voltage properties only based on the film stack optical properties before the solar cell is fabricated. The algorithm is developed and tested based on the 3D/2D perovskite solar cell structure [10] with resulting in an average prediction regression loss below 5% and a best prediction accuracy above 99%. Multiple different machine learning algorithm is also carried out to analyze the prediction results and learning weights for the model. S.M. 2023-11-02T20:17:50Z 2023-11-02T20:17:50Z 2023-09 2023-09-21T14:26:15.412Z Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/152805 0000-0003-3901-8737 In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted Copyright retained by author(s) https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/ application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Approaching Novel Perovskites Photovoltaic Devices through Machine Learning and Interfacial Engineering
title Approaching Novel Perovskites Photovoltaic Devices through Machine Learning and Interfacial Engineering
title_full Approaching Novel Perovskites Photovoltaic Devices through Machine Learning and Interfacial Engineering
title_fullStr Approaching Novel Perovskites Photovoltaic Devices through Machine Learning and Interfacial Engineering
title_full_unstemmed Approaching Novel Perovskites Photovoltaic Devices through Machine Learning and Interfacial Engineering
title_short Approaching Novel Perovskites Photovoltaic Devices through Machine Learning and Interfacial Engineering
title_sort approaching novel perovskites photovoltaic devices through machine learning and interfacial engineering
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